Kalpana chawla story in Telugu | Biography | The first Indian woman in space| Signature Studios #kalpanachawla #nasa #isro #chandrayaan3 | Signature Studios

"Kalpana, we are proud of you." Kalpana Chawla, first woman of Indian origin to travel to space, is hailed as an inspiration and national hero. Born in Karnal, Haryana, she moved to the US to study aerospace engineering in the 1980s. She was part of two Nasa space missions - one in 1997 and the other in 2003. She and six other astronauts died tragically on 1 February 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it was returning to Earth. On her 62nd birth anniversary, here is a clip of

This week, the crew on station tended to a variety of science hardware. The next Cygnus spacecraft is named S.S. Kalpana Chawla in honor of the first woman of Indian descent to go to space. | International Space Station

WATCH: When Kalpana Chawla spoke about her first space mission #womensday2024 #KalpanaChawla #space | The Telegraph